Bundled Up

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Centraal Beheer Office Complex, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, 1972 designed by Hermann Hertzberger

The idea...is that of a building as a sort of settlement, consisting of a larger number of equal spatial units, like so many islands strung together. These spatial units constitute the basic building blocks; they are comparatively small and can accommodate the different programme components (or 'functions'), because their dimensions as well as their form and spatial organization are geared to that purpose.  -- Arnulf LŸchinger. Herman Hertzberger : Buildings and Projects. p87. Via Great Buildings

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Herman Hertzberger awarded the 2012 RIBA Gold Medal -- Archdaily

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Willis Tower(Formerly Sears Tower), Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1973 designed by SOM

the building as nine square "tubes", each essentially a separate building, clustered in a 3×3 matrix forming a square base with 225-foot (75 m) sides . -- Wikipedia

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Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong, China, 1987 designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Comprised of four vertical shafts, the incremental tower emerges from a 52-meter cube and diminishes its mass, quadrant by quadrant, until a single triangular prism remains -- architect's web site

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The Clarendon, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2010 designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects

This 32-story, 400,000-square-foot residential tower will provide ground-level retail, below-grade parking, 177 rental apartments, and 103 condominiums. Located in the Back Bay, diagonally across from the John Hancock Tower (I.M. Pei & Partners, 1976)

Above the base, the building sets back on the north and east to create elevated green spaces and to mitigate wind conditions caused by the John Hancock Tower. -- architect's web site